Sauerkaut Balls

Submitted by Terry Caldwell1

"Great and different appetizer."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 54 balls

ingredients

• 453.59 g package bulk sausage
• 118.29 ml chopped onion
• 765.43 g can sauerkraut
• 59.14 ml dry breadcrumbs
• 226.79 g package cream cheese, softened
• 59.14 ml finely chopped parsley
• 29.58 ml sweet and spicy mustard
• garlic salt
• pepper
• flour
• 2 eggs
• breadcrumbs
• vegetable oil (for deep frying)

directions

1. Fry sausage and onion, breaking into small pieces, until sausage is brown; drain.
2. Drain sauerkraut and squeeze dry.
3. Add to sausage mixture with 1/4 cup bread crumbs, the cream cheese, parsley, mustard, garlic salt and pepper.
4. Mix well and chill overnight.
5. Place flour for coating balls in a shallow bowl or pie plate.
6. Place eggs and 2 tablespoons of water in another shallow bowl, beating lightly to combine.
7. Place bread crumbs in a third shallow bowl.
8. Shape sauerkraut mixture into small balls.
9. Roll in flour, then in egg mixture, then in bread crumbs.
10. Fry balls, a few at time, in deep fat heated to 375°F until brown.
11. Drain on paper towel, then transfer all of them to baking sheet with sides and bake in 375°F oven for 15/20 minutes.

Reviews

[mianbao]

Tender and spicy and rich and crunchy - these are good! I halved the recipe, and used a clove of garlic, sauteed with the onion, instead of garlic salt. I made no changes other than that. Thank you very much for sharing this recipe with us.

 

[gailanng]

Having a party, are we? You turned sauerkraut into amazeballs.